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Extra! 2011 Subaru STI, 10 Car Comparo
2011 Subaru WRX STI revealed at the 2010 New York Auto Show and, yes, the wing is back! All the details. Plus, 10 new cars compared at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Which will have the fastest lap? Ryan hits the track to find out.
Extra! Block Confirms Ford, Concept MINI, Pastrana Jumps
Driving Sports has confirmed that Ken Block will driving for Ford in 2010 in both the Rally America Series and the World Rally Championship! Plus, Pastrana before he makes his big jump and the MINI Beachcomber, a modern version of the classic Mini Moke.
Yeah Baby! Downing Street Gets Electric MINI
Holy Shagadelic, baby! The British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, recently welcomed an all-electric, zero emissions MINI Cooper E to the Government car pool in Downing Street. The MINI E will be available to her majesty’s ministers wanting to try a fully-fledged electric car in an urban environment on their official business around London.
The MINI E [...]
Extra! Best and Worst from L.A. Auto Show
The Los Angeles Auto Show is the biggest, best, most over-the-top auto show on the west coast, and coming as it does a month before the North American International Auto Show (simply known as “Detroit” in the industry), the show has been gaining popularity as a way for automakers to get a jump on the [...]
MC2 Magazine Posts Up-to-the-Minute Shots of the Newest MINIs
Check out MC2 Magazine today for the recently de-embargoed driving shots of the new MINI roadster and coupe concepts.
For what it’s worth, we’re not awestruck by these concepts – they don’t seem to offer anything that the basic MINI hardtop hatch and convertible aren’t already delivering. We think the AWD crossover “Sport Activity Vehicle” is [...]
MINI Debuts Concept Coupe at Frankfurt
MINI is celebrating a great birthday: Just over fifty years ago, on 26 August 1959, the classic Mini was presented to the public for the first time, a unique story of success starting out and today giving MINI the perfect opportunity to look ahead without losing sight of the brand’s great tradition.
Here’s what the press [...]
Fun on the Run to the Sun
Being an automotive journalist has to have some upside this year – amid all the news of declining subscription rates and advertising sales in free-fall, there’s got to be a silver lining somewhere on this cloud!
The automotive journalism business has always had its ups and downs. On the downside, you’ll never buy a villa in [...]
Army of Cuteness – 1,500,000 MINI Coopers on the Road
You see them everywhere – “New Mini” Cooper S and Cooper hatchbacks, convertibles, and now the lengthened Clubman editions. Occasionally, you’ll see the super-duper hot rod “John Cooper Works” editions or even the limited-run Factory Lightweight GP editions. But each day, each week, you see more and more of them driven by shiny happy people [...]
Dig the new MINI Cooper Convertible
Almost without exception soft-top editions have poorer visibility, are louder on the freeway, weigh more and cost a hefty ransom greater than their tin-top variants. Is the open air experience that much better to justify all the heartache? Yes and no. I will admit, I own a Miata and there is something special about zooming [...]
MINI E charges up plug-in market
Just a couple years ago, the Los Angeles Auto Show was all about bigger, heavier, taller, faster. But what a difference a fuel price spike can make! There were a few standout fast cars this year (The Nissan 370Z springs readily to mind) but the big noise at every automaker’s display was alternative fuel, hybrids, [...]
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